1. Get out of a big city -- now. Move to a place of not more than 50,000. Buy (and pay for) a place with a front and back yard, preferably one big enough for a garden and some chickens.

2. Learn how to preserve food by canning, drying, in a root cellar, etc.

3. Learn how to plant and grow: seeds, potatoes from "eyes", etc.

4. Learn to cook over a wood-fired stove.

5. Forget vegetables, etc. that are out of season.

6. If you smoke, quit.

7. Learn to make do or do without.

8. Learn to mend clothes and things. Learn to walk instead of ride.

9. Make friends and do unto others as you would they do unto you.

10. Learn to work with your hands and re-learn the joys of reading.